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Partial purification from rabbit mammary gland of a factor whice controls the chain length of fatty acids synthesised

1975; Elsevier BV; Volume: 63; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0006-291x(75)80451-7

1090-2104

Jens Knudsen, Raymond Dils,

Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

A factor which controls the chain length of synthesised fatty acids has been partially purified from the cytosol of lactating rabbit mammary gland. The factor contains protein and has a molecular weight of 40,000–50,000. It alters the fatty acids synthesised by purified fatty acid synthetase from mainly C14:0 and C16:0 acids to C8:0, C10:0 and C12:0 acids. These mediumchain fatty acids are characteristic of rabbit milk.